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J. H. BRUNNER.

BINDER.

Patented Dec. 15, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB II. BRUNNER, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ARLANDOI-I. ANDERSON, OF SAME PLACE.

BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 573,201, dated-December 15, 1896. Application filed April 23,1896. Serial No. 588,749.(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB H. BRUNNER, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residin g at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Binders;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in temporary binders. I am fullyaware of devices of this nature being used heretofore, but am not awareof any containing the peculiar constructionherein described and shown.

In the drawings herewith presented, Figure 1 is a perspective view oftwo bound pages, showing the application of my idea. Fig. 2 is a planview of the reverse side of the binding device, showing its appearance.Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of a book, showing leaves orpages bound therein by my device. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of aportion of a binding strip or stub, and Fig. 5 is an end view of thebook shown in Fig.

In the several figures, A represents a binding strip or stub of toughcheck or other suitable material having the lapping portion A A creaseis formed at A The portion A is bound in the book in the ordinarymanner, and the portion A forms the fly, to which the page to beinsertedis to be attached, the bend or crease at A forming the hinge for thepage.

To the portion A is glued or otherwise attached the fixed leaf E, whichis designed to remain in the book.

The particular part on which I claim in vention will now be described.

The strip A, before described, is provided with a number of slots Aparallel with its free edge, as shown. Any number of these slots oropenings may be of course used, though I have been in the habit of usingthree, which seems to be sufficient. The leaf or page to be inserted isprovided near its edge and corresponding with each of the slots A in thestrip A with two crescent-shaped incisions which face each other andform an ellipse, as

shown. These incisions, if continued so as to join each other, would cutout an oval piece of the paper, but being cut as described and shownform a pair of lips O 0, between which a neck D is formed.

In fastening the page the lips C C are bent downwardly and together andthen passed through the slot or opening A and opened out, as before. Thereverse side of the page, showing the appearance of the lips O O, isshown clearly in Fig. 2-.

Fig. 3 shows the made-up book with the stubs or strips A bound thereinwith their inserted pages. In making up the book only one side of eachpage is used, being that side which is shown in the drawings. Thereverse sides are left blank.

The book thus made up is designed to be used in lodges and other placeswhere such an arrangement would prove useful.

In cases where a number of names are enrolled on a page and the oppositepage is to contain numbers of assessments, payments, &e., the pagecontaining the numbers of such assessments, as aforesaid, is soon filledand a new book is necessary, but this entails a large amount of work, tosay nothing of the cost. It is the intention, therefore, to be able tosubstitute a new page for the numbers opposite the names, and when thatpage is filled it may be filed away for future reference and a new pagesubstituted, and so on.

The utility of the device, from what has been said, may be appreciated.

I do not of course bind myself to the particular construction or form ofthe lips 0, nor the particular shape and location of the slots A in thestub A, nor the mode of interlocking them.

It is evident that by slight manipulations music and other paper may bemade in to book form by this simple and effective device.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A binder for books and music consisting of a stub fastened Within abook and having a fly portion forming a part of said stub, a series ofopenings or slots cut in said fiy portion, and a leaf having lipsdesigned to enter said stub, a fly portion forming part of said stub andcontaining said openlngs, a page for binding having a series of lipsformed there- 15' with to engage the said openings substantially as setforth and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB H. BRUNNER. Witnesses:

O. JOHNSON, A. KEITHLEY.

